MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506060000F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506060000F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 0Z SUN 22 JUN 25 Station: 42.55,-96.11 Latitude: 42.55 Longitude: -96.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 76 SFC 965 387 30.0 22.6 64 7.4 24.5 84 9 306.3 309.6 298.9 360.9 18.16 2 950 529 29.2 20.5 59 8.7 22.9 87 14 306.8 309.8 297.8 355.4 16.16 3 900 1008 24.9 19.0 70 5.9 20.6 104 13 307.1 310.0 297.5 354.0 15.54 4 850 1508 21.8 17.4 76 4.5 18.7 171 7 309.0 311.8 297.5 354.1 14.84 5 800 2035 20.0 14.8 72 5.2 16.4 245 17 312.5 315.0 297.4 353.7 13.39 6 750 2589 17.3 5.3 45 12.0 10.0 279 18 315.4 316.8 294.0 338.9 7.48 7 700 3175 14.3 -6.3 23 20.6 4.1 297 20 318.3 319.0 291.6 329.5 3.42 8 650 3794 8.8 -3.7 41 12.4 2.4 305 23 318.9 319.7 292.6 333.4 4.48 9 600 4449 2.8 -6.0 52 8.8 -1.4 323 31 319.4 320.2 292.4 332.7 4.09 10 550 5147 -3.0 -6.4 78 3.4 -4.6 323 41 320.5 321.3 292.9 334.5 4.31 11 500 5894 -7.5 -21.8 31 14.3 -11.9 325 46 323.9 324.1 291.3 328.5 1.33 12 450 6706 -13.1 -33.5 16 20.5 -17.4 325 45 326.8 326.9 291.3 328.6 0.50 13 400 7590 -20.0 -40.5 14 20.5 -23.2 322 42 328.9 329.0 291.7 330.0 0.28 14 350 8567 -26.3 -50.7 8 24.4 -28.7 324 50 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.7 0.10 15 300 9665 -34.0 -54.7 11 20.7 -35.5 326 65 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.7 0.08 16 250 10919 -41.9 -61.1 11 19.2 -42.8 324 70 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.9 0.04 17 200 12396 -51.8 -67.5 14 15.7 -52.2 325 75 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.8 0.02 18 150 14224 -58.9 -79.5 5 20.6 -59.1 323 62 368.6 368.6 300.3 368.6 0.00 19 100 16703 -67.3 -83.3 9 16.0 -67.4 323 48 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5818.25 m Freezing level: 575.93 mb = 4785.15 m = 15699.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.49 mb = 4201.08 m = 13782.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.09 % Est. max temperature: 35.13 C = 95.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 867.05 mb = 1334.34 m = 4377.69 ft T: 22.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.03 C/km ThetaE index: 24.58 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 725.78 mb = 2868.10 m = 9409.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.47 C = 104.85 F Cap Strength: 3.25 C Lifted Index: -6.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.40 C Showalter Index: -5.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.24 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.36 C Cross Totals Index: 24.88 C K Index: 26.15 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 373.23 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2170.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 195.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.35 mb = 1721.82 m = 5648.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 654.35 mb = 3738.65 m = 12265.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.35 mb = 12913.89 m = 42367.88 ft B at Equ Level: 2158.77 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 314.3 at 25.7 knts Storm direction: 344.3 at 19.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 321.9 neg: -17.8 tot: 304.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 101.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.81 Bulk Rich Number: 12.64 Bulk Shear: 171.71 m/s